Steampunk, Inc. · 4 months ago
AI Innovation Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expSteampunk, Inc. is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, focused on bringing new thinking to clients in various sectors. They are seeking an AI Innovation Engineer to support client delivery teams in implementing modern AI solutions, emphasizing client enablement, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration.
ConsultingInformation Technology
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as a trusted advisor to the client organization on modern AI capabilities, best practices, and responsible use
Develop AI education materials, tutorials, demo videos, and onboarding sessions that are tailored to the client organization’s needs
Lead or support AI enablement events such as workshops, lunch-and-learns, innovation sprints, and capability briefings
Design and implement AI prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions tailored to specific mission use cases (e.g., summarization, entity extraction, classification, semantic search)
Work with cloud platform teams to integrate prototypes into modern cloud environments (e.g., AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI)
Leverage RAG pipelines, orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), and LLM APIs to rapidly deliver working demos
Participate in communities of practice and cross-team working groups (e.g., cloud, data, architecture, cybersecurity) to ensure AI adoption is aligned with broader modernization goals
Share findings, prototype patterns, and reusable components across delivery teams to accelerate reuse and scale impact
Serve as a liaison between data scientists, platform engineers, and user-facing teams to ensure end-to-end viability of AI solutions
Ensure all AI solutions are designed with responsible AI principles, data sensitivity awareness, and security-first practices
Collaborate with compliance and governance stakeholders to vet tools, define usage boundaries, and mitigate risks in AI application
Qualification
Required
Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government
Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field
3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or applied AI/ML roles
Demonstrated hands-on experience with modern GenAI tooling, such as: OpenAI (GPT-4), Claude, Gemini, Llama 3, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar RAG frameworks, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI Service, Vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma)
Strong Python development skills with familiarity in building data pipelines, API wrappers, and lightweight front-ends for demos
Ability to build and present AI-powered demos to both technical and non-technical audiences
Familiarity with DevSecOps and CI/CD principles
Familiarity with GitHub
Experience engaging with external clients or business stakeholders in a consultative role
Relevant Professional Certification(s)
Preferred
Experience delivering AI capabilities into federal government agencies or highly regulated industries
Experience customizing AI services for biomedical or health research
Understanding of NIST AI Risk Management Framework and other public-sector digital policy memos
Hands-on knowledge of data governance, PII handling, and compliance-aware prototyping
Exposure to Human-Centered Design practices, user research synthesis, or journey mapping
Prior involvement in standing up or contributing to an AI Community of Practice or Innovation Hub
Company
Steampunk, Inc.
Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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2024-07-31Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Matt Warren
CEO
Mike Saliter
Executive Vice President - Homeland, Commerce, & Justice
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